An Indianapolis man was sentenced last week for his role in the 2016 killing of a Ben Davis High School student.

William C. Mosley pleaded guilty to the March 2016 death of Renia Woods and was sentenced last week to 45 years in prison with credit for 436 days, according to online court records.

Woods' mother reported her missing several days before her body was found behind a trash bin in the 1400 block of North Campbell Avenue on March 21, 2016.

Mosley's then-girlfriend was best friends with Woods, according to court documents, and her friend told police the last time she saw her was when they picked her up from the school on March 15 to hang out. Mosley was driving a gold Ford Explorer that day.

The same vehicle was seen picking up Woods from the school on March 18, according to court documents.

Renia Woods(Photo11: Provided by IMPD)

Mosley told police on March 21 that he hadn't seen Woods in the days since he hung out with her and his girlfriend, and denied knowing about her disappearance until the day after she went missing.

But phone records showed that Woods and Mosley exchanged text messages the night Woods went missing, and traces of DNA consistent with Mosley's DNA profile were found on Woods' body during her autopsy, according to court documents.

In a subsequent interview with police, Mosley told investigators he picked Woods up from school the day she went missing, but dropped her off at home. He denied sending her any text messages and said he didn't know how she would have received the messages from him.